I thought about replacing my seat belts with some aftermarket color ones (yellow or red) but I am not really into racing harnesses for road use. Obviously there are concerns with replacing such a critical safety item but there are legitimate and high quality solutions available and I'm not that risk adverse so I still want to explore the options. Therefore there is no need for lectures about the risk potential of such a modification unless you have some first hand experience or actual relevant data to share :biggrin: I can see potential liability issues arise if insurance companies get ahold of such info though so you may want to use discretion. I have collector car insurance and use the car as a second car for leisure so it shouldn't be a problem as I have the opportunity to list out my mods. Anyways, I'm making sure to only look into USA made replacements that meet Federal standards so there is at least a standard of quality control regulation.
Here's what I've come up with so far:
1) It's not that uncommon to do this, a lot of older cars and restorations do it. It is not recommended to just replace the webbing!
2) Good informational overview here: https://www.seatbeltplanet.com/seat-belt-101/
3) There are some options out there but nobody makes car-specific kits (if there is such a thing). I'd be looking at a 3-point retractable belt as close to OEM as possible, but with a longer female end to accommodate race seats (the Type R came with extensions).
https://www.gotbelts.com/retractable-lap-shoulder-belts/m.products/81/view/30
http://wescoperformance.stores.yahoo.net/resebe.html
and my front runner:
http://www.seatbeltsplus.com/product/WSCH14134C-12.html
I see a lot of corvette and american car forums show up in a google search.
Here's what I've come up with so far:
1) It's not that uncommon to do this, a lot of older cars and restorations do it. It is not recommended to just replace the webbing!
2) Good informational overview here: https://www.seatbeltplanet.com/seat-belt-101/
3) There are some options out there but nobody makes car-specific kits (if there is such a thing). I'd be looking at a 3-point retractable belt as close to OEM as possible, but with a longer female end to accommodate race seats (the Type R came with extensions).
https://www.gotbelts.com/retractable-lap-shoulder-belts/m.products/81/view/30
http://wescoperformance.stores.yahoo.net/resebe.html
and my front runner:
http://www.seatbeltsplus.com/product/WSCH14134C-12.html
I see a lot of corvette and american car forums show up in a google search.
